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1. ARTICLE-TRANSPORTING APPARATUS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF ARTICLE-SUPPORTING UNITS ON WHICH ARTICLES ARE DISPOSED AND A DEVICE COMPRISING A CARRIAGE, DRIVE MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID CARRIAGE FOR CAUSING SAID CARRIAGE TO MOVE ALONG SAID ARTICLE-SUPPORTING UNITS, MEANS SUPPORTED BY SAID CARRIAGE AND MOVABLE WITH RESPECT THERETO AND OPERABLE TO REMOVE ARTICLES FROM SAID ARTICLE-SUPPORTING UNITS, MEANS FOR MOVING SAID CARRIAGE-SUPPORTED MEANS, THE RELATIVE MOVEMENT OF SAID CARRIAGE-SUPPORTED MEANS WITH RESPECT TO SAID CARRIAGE BEING SUCH THAT A PORTION OF SAID CARRIAGESUPPORTED MEANS IS RELATIVELY STATIONARY WITH RESPECT TO SAID ARTICLE-SUPPORTING UNITS DURING A PREDETERMINED PERIOD OF THE MOVEMENT OF SAID CARRIAGE ALONG SAID ARTICLE-SUPPORTING UNITS TO PERMIT SAID CARRIAGE-SUPPORTED MEANS TO REMOVE ARTICLES FROM SAID ARTICLE-SUPPORTING UNITS. 